Chapter 5

*Author's disclaimer – characters are mostly not mine, a few are*

*Author's note – while I was intending to create a fast paced action chapter here this was just to interesting to pass up, also if you haven't read the Other Host you will very confused*

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Peter awoke as the plane touched down in San Francisco. As he was walking off Melanie came over to him and handed him two tickets.

"Its tomorrow night," she said, "I hope I'll see you there. Bring a friend."

Peter looked at the tickets in his hand and then back up to see Melanie hurrying away. He pursed his lips and shook his head and the ticket. He couldn't believe his luck. Pulling out his address book he decided to give Mary Jane a call. He waited for a phone to open up and then stuck in a quarter and dialed. As he listened to the ring he heard a cell phone behind him go off at same time.

Isn't that ironic? Peter thought to himself with a smile.

Then he felt a hand on the receiver guiding it back towards the hook. Peter hung up the phone and turned to see who the hand belonged to.

"Saved you a quarter there Tiger," Mary Jane said.

Peter couldn't think of what to say so he just smiled.

"What are you doing here?" Mary Jane asked.

"Work related business," Peter said, "Why are you here?"

"We just came here to film a Golden Gate Bridge scene for the movie," Mary Jane replied, "It's going to be great."

Peter glanced around to make sure nobody was listening, "You haven't been going around here as Venom have you?" he asked in a whisper.

"No," Mary Jane replied, "I just got here myself."

"Oh," Peter said.

Just then a man waved at Mary Jane, "MJ the limo's here hurry up!"

"That's Alan my agent," Mary Jane explained, "Where are you staying?"

"I don't know yet," Peter replied, "I don't think Jameson took care of that for me."

"If you want you can stay in my suite," Mary Jane said, "It has three bedrooms and I'm the only other one in there."

Peter shrugged, "I guess," he said.

Peter picked up his luggage and followed Mary Jane out to where a long black limousine was waiting. The driver helped Peter put his bags in the trunk and then closed the door after Peter got in. Mary Jane's agent climbed into the front seat beside the driver.

"Could we have a bit of privacy?" Mary Jane asked.

The driver nodded and put up the divider that separated the front from the back.

"So why are you here?" Mary Jane asked.

"There's been reports of webbing," Peter said, "Like mine, or yours. But I haven't made them, and you haven't. So I've got to find out who…"

Peter's voice trailed off.

"So," Mary Jane, "Is that it?"

Peter shook his head, "You haven't heard that Gwen broke out?"

"Carnage?" Mary Jane asked.

Peter nodded grimly, "She's after you this time."

Mary Jane smirked, "Good I could use a fight."

"No," Peter said shaking his head, "You don't understand, she's completely lost it."

"She had lost it before," Mary Jane said, "It's not any different."

"It is," Peter said, "I don't think it's the same symbiot."

"I was going to ask about that. I thought you had told me you destroyed the old one."

"I had," Peter replied staring angrily at the ground and shaking his knee quickly, "I don't know how but she has another one. Doc Conners still has the dead one."

"Do you think it's someone who's out to get you?" Mary Jane asked, "Only instead of going for you directly they're using psychological warfare by using those close to you."

"That would mean that they know who I am," Peter said, "And if that was the case it would be a lot easier to just take me out."

"But what if they didn't want that," Mary Jane said, "What if they were just toying with you for their own sick amusement."

Peter's eyes flew up from the floor to Mary Jane's eyes, "Where would you get such an idea?"

"This movie," Mary Jane said, "That's what it's about."

Peter shook his head, "I hope not." He muttered.

Peter then remember the tickets now tucked into his pocket.

"What are you doing tomorrow night?" Peter asked.

"Why?"

"I've got a pair of tickets to a show that's apparently really hot." Peter replied with a mischievous grin.

Mary Jane raised an eyebrow, "Really? What is it?"

"A surprise."

"Well I guess you've got a date tiger."

Inwardly Peter was pumping his fists and doing a stupid dance.

"Well I'm gonna go for a swing around town," Peter said getting up.

Peter noticed a dark look flash across Mary Jane's face, "You'd better hurry up and go," she said.

Peter nodded and left the room.

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Well this was a pretty dialogue intense chapter but overall I felt it was the best so far. Who is leaving behind the webbing and why? And is somebody toying with Peter? Stay tuned to find out. Oh and a review or two would be nice.